U+D7BE "ힾ" Hangul Jungseong I-Yae Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D7BE "ힾ" Hangul Jungseong I-Yae is a modern Hangul vowel character representing the compound vowel sound formed by combining the "I" (ㅣ) and "Yae" (ㅒ) vowel components, pronounced in Korean as a diphthong similar to "yae" but with an initial "ee" glide. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, specifically within the modern Hangul range, and is used in writing the Korean language to represent a single syllabic vowel unit in the Korean alphabet system. It is a relatively rare or less commonly used vowel in contemporary Korean, but it demonstrates the systematic and combinatorial nature of Hangul script design, where individual jamo (letters) are combined to form complex vowel clusters for precise phonetic representation.

General Properties

Code Point U+D7BE
Version Added 5.2
Name Hangul Jungseong I-Yae
Block Hangul Jamo Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ힾ
HTML Hex Encoding ힾ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x9E 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD7BE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D7BE
C/C++/Java Escape \ud7be

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul V Jamo
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type Vowel Jamo
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=V
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter